Phillip Donnelly Articles

Roof of the World – Lhasa, Tibet

Determined to find a heater or have memories of Lhasa confined to hiding under the blankets trying to keep warm and worrying about hyperthermia, Phillip Donnelly sets off to buy one.

A Bus Ride in Haedes – China

Phillip Donnelly learns that when traveling overland in China, the bus is very old. In human years, it must be about 15-20 years old, and as with dogs, each bus year is the equivalent of seven human y

Searching for Breath of Fresh Air – Chengdu, China

Chengdu contains wide boulevards, some faceless communist architecture even Stalin wouldn’t be proud of, and an enormous number of bicycles, which by some perpetual miracle, manage not to collide into

China Prelude – China

It is the hum-drum, day-to-day concerns that most captivate thought on any holiday, however much you’d like to believe you’re on some epic adventure.